L-M BRIC NEWS No. 2                                                 1999 © revised 2002

L-M Braiding Research & Information Center / Masako Kinoshita, Editor

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ILLUSTRATED INSTRUCTION SERIES: No. 2







This page specifially deals with the braids appearing in Issue No. 2.

General instructions are given in the ILLUSTRATED INSTRUCTION page.
 
 

Fig. 2a. Assumed procedure (1) for the 7-LOOP SPIRIT BRIDGE

 
1 2 3 4 RN
OP thr ov thr opn
This braid is a combination of a 2-ridge flat braid (2-eye track, better known as pigtail braid) and a 6-ridge flat braid (6-eye track) as shown.


Fig. 2b. Assumed procedure (2) for the 7-LOOP SPIRIT BRIDGE

 
1 2 3 4 RN
OP thr ov updn opn
This braid is a combination of two 4-ridge flat braids (4-eye tracks). Fig. 3a. Burial String TYPE I of Cuna Indian in Colombia. (5-loop square braid)

 
1 2 3 4 RN
OP updn updn - cr
This braid is a combination of S and Z helixes (one-eye track). A typical square braid.   Fig. 3b. The Method #1 procedure seen more often for the square braid  
1 2 3 (4) RN
OP thr thr (thr) cr
 
 

Fig. 4 Burial String TYPE II of Cuna Indian in Colombia.  
1 2 3 4 RN
OP updn thr - opn
This braid is a combination of two 4-ridge flat braids.
 
 
 
 

Fig. 5a. UO No. 1 using method #1

 
1 2 3 4 RN
OP thr ov - opn
Two- and 4-ridge braids are combined by the middle two ridges of the latter.
 

Fig. 5b. UO No. 1 using method #2

 
1 2 3 4 OP
- opn thr ov r4

 

Fig. 6a. Proposed procedure for the closure string of a jacket of the Khanty tribe of Siberia: Method #1 by Kinoshita.

 
1 2 3 4 RN
OP ov thr - opn
Two- and 4-ridge braids are combined by the selvage ridges.

Note the difference from the braid in Fig. 4b.
 

Fig. 6b. The Method #2 procedure to make the Khanty braid proposed by M. Kinoshita.

 
1 2 3 4 OP
- opn ov thr r4
 

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